I thought maybe I would be everyone’s favorite dude-food friend.
ADAM RICHMANI think in the U.K. people perhaps know me for some other stuff because of my involvement with soccer and support of Tottenham.
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I’m not a plumber who accidentally blew up or a math professor who accidentally backed into notoriety.
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It’s not just the end of a chicken leg, it really is – imagine the cartilage of game meat.
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I love that team, I wear their symbol around my neck on a chain – I’ve always had a soft spot for this little club.
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My mom always says, “Pack your smile,” but [the sound guy] articulated it beautifully, because he saw me go from Joe Schmo who had been on food stamps to Adam Richman from Man V. Food.
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I think in the U.K. people perhaps know me for some other stuff because of my involvement with soccer and support of Tottenham.
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He said, “For you, it may be your 50th or 100th selfie, autograph, or whatever of the day. But for that person, it may be the first or the only time in their life that they’ve seen someone they enjoy on television. Never lose sight of that.”
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Shaq is Shaq. I did an episode of The Soup with Shaq, and he shook my hand, and I felt like I was a Ken doll, like I had no hand.
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People also respected my culinary acumen and my intelligence, and that was their whole thing.
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In the early ’90s I was floating somewhere between the Brat Pack/Andrew McCarthy/James Spader/Pretty In Pink kind of stuff and the alterna-pop look, crossed with a very distinct grunge sensibility.
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“Okay, that’s kind of conceivable.” If you’re talking about the dude from Man V. Food is doing pairings for fine wine, then I think people might not necessarily anticipate that.
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So obviously I want to be in the limelight in some capacity, or I want to be in entertainment in some capacity.
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Did you see The Never-Ending Story? That’s one kick-ass dragon. It’s basically a giant puppy dragon.
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When Lollapalooza started, and I was really into Red Hot Chili Peppers and Jane’s Addiction, Soundgarden. I went to that Lollapalooza tour twice, I think.
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A kid wrote to me through Facebook because they started a team in honor of their friend who died of leukemia, and he played in the band of this very obscure team in England.
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I sponsored every team in the Park Slope Little League for years.
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The play is called Stalking The Bogeyman. It was a story on This American Life, and my former roommate is the artistic director of the New York Repertory Theater.
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If something is nice about you, usually one or two people will tell you. If something is foul about you, everyone will tell you.
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I sponsor two soccer teams in England, one of which is called Broadley F.C.
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Now I’m on a mouth-watering journey to find America’s greatest pig-out spots.
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And take on the country’s most legendary eating challenges. I’m no competitive eater, just a regular guy with a serious appetite.
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I was never going to give my detractors the satisfaction of not feeling well, or allowing my health to falter while eating rich and indulgent food all over the world.
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It’s the true story of a man stalking and plotting to kill the man who raped him when he was seven.
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You can change your spouse, your friends but never your club.
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I’ll go to a restaurant where I’ve never been before, and someone will say, “I don’t have anything big for you to eat.” I used to be a little salty about that, but at the end of the day
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. You don’t have to come at me like that.” But yeah, I’ve tried tendon. Tendon eventually yields.
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I have a master’s from Yale drama, and I auditioned for this.
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